Kaleena Sales is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Chair of the Department of Art & Design at Tennessee State University, an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) in Nashville, TN. She is co-host of Design Observer’s The Design of Business | The Business of Design Minisodes podcast with Omari Souza. Her design writing and research centers on Black culture and aesthetics, recently co-authoring the book Extra-Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Non-Binary Field Guild for Graphic Designers, alongside Ellen Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halstead, Leslie Xia, and Valentina Vergara. 


EDUCATION

Doctor of Design (DDes) - Current
North Carolina State University 

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Master of Fine Arts - Graphic Design
Savannah College of Art & Design 

Master of Science - Advertising Art Direction
Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter (formerly Adcenter)

Bachelor of Science - Studio Art
Tennessee State University (HBCU)